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Star51 v1.1.0 — Safer Sessions, Mobile Administration, and Installer Protection

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@danieledandreti danieledandreti released this 26 Aug 22:18
v1.1.0
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Star51 v1.1.0 is a backward-compatible security and usability release for Nova administration, the public contact form, and installation maintenance.

Highlights

  • Isolated Nova sessions with a dedicated, portable NOVASESSID cookie across login, recovery, protected pages, and logout.
  • Safer contact form with explicit limits, a live 2500-character counter, UTF-8-aware trimming, and clear visitor feedback.
  • Improved mobile administration with profile editing, language selection, and logout grouped in one compact menu.
  • Clearer System Configuration that reports the removable /install/ directory separately from the persistent .installed safety lock.
  • Protected sensitive directories through distributed Apache rules for nova/conf and nova/logs.
  • Newest-first log display so recent Nova events are immediately visible.

Upgrade notes

  • No database migration is required.
  • No existing configuration values need to be changed.
  • Deploy the complete release so the new nova/conf/.htaccess and nova/logs/.htaccess protections are present.
  • Administrators must sign in again once after upgrading because Nova now uses its dedicated session cookie.
  • The Installation Guide retains its independent version number 2.5.0.

Verification

  • Star51 Solo regression suite: 85/85 tests passed.
  • Session, contact form, mobile navigation, installer copy, package structure, and HTTP protection checks passed.
  • PHP syntax and Italian/English JSON validation passed for all changed files.

See the complete changelog for full technical details.

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